LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Honorary Life- Governors THE following have been appointed Honorary Life-Governors of the Institution and are presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution:...

In the early days of Sir Godfrey Baring's chairmanship the motor car was still something of a novelty. This Rolls-Royce—it appears to be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—was pictured outside the old headquarters of the R.N.LI, in Charing...

A WAY of raising funds is to hold collections at sporting events, such as professional football matches, race meetings and dog track meetings, all of which attract large gates. Four London football clubs were helpful in 1970 and each allowed...

THURSDAY, 5th May, 1887.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting.

Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...

• In Rescue Call (Kaye & Ward, 2is.) Angus Mac Vicar has written an admirable brief history of the life-boat service. It is extremely readable and a great deal of information has been packed into no more than 128 pages. Many of the...

IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: February, 1984 Edgar William Garrad, formerly chief draughtsman, who retired in 1964 after 39 years service.

October, 1984 Mr R. H. Jones, honorary secretary of...

Trawler Snatch WHIN the Longhope, Orkney, lifeboat station was informed at 11.54 p.m. on February 9 that the trawler Ross Tern was ashore on Troma Island and was breaking up, the lifeboat crew mustered in good time.

As the...

!QUTBOARDS MARINER DOESNT JUST PROMISE RELIABILITY it proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promised GREATER RELIABILITY as an important reason for...